[Rick Lee]

The guy who now manages my IRAs is the very first person I met when I moved into the freshmen dorm on the first day of college. He and I later pledged different frats, but always remained friends. A few years later he introduced me to a younger guy in his frat who became the bassist in my band and we still get together and play a gig or two per year, 23 years later. We were all at each other's weddings. Other than the friends I made while an exchange student in Germany in high school and college, those buddies from college are my closest friends. I have run into one or two former high school buddies since graduation in 1989. But being Facebook friends with them is enough for me. My real friends came from the college experience, but that probably would have been the case, had I not been in a frat.